Thank you, Brendan. I appreciate it.
The situation in my community in the Waterloo region is dire. Over 63 folks have died from preventable deaths this year. We haven't seen organizations get renewed funding from the substance use and addictions program as of yet. We also have a premier who is looking to close safe consumption sites that are saving lives.
I guess my question is for the CMHA. I really appreciate that you've worked with Thresholds to launch an integrated crisis centre for mental health in our community. Thank you for that.
In your testimony, you talked about having Health Canada launch a new task force for a national strategy to address this crisis. In the time I have left, maybe 30 seconds or so, can you share just a few key points of what you'd want to see in that if we were to listen to the experts and not the partisanship?